Smoker&#39;s appliance



July 1935- H. T. KIRKLAND ET AL 2,006,897 I SMOKER s APPLIANCE Filed April 2, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor fill/ 9% T/fifiiand y 1935- H. T. KIRKLAND ET AL 2,006,397

SMOKER s APPLIANCE Filed April 2, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 zmm Patented July 2, 1935 Hugh Kirkland, Charles H. Sapper, Hyman B. e a Lasting, and; Joseph Elkin, Portsmouth, Va as'signors to Pressed Metals Commodities, Ind, Portsmoutm'va; a corporationoi' Virginia Application April 2, 1934, Serial No. 718,708

' 4 Claims. (Cl. 131.51)

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in smokers appliances and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, an ashtray or receiver em- 'bodying' novel means for convenient'attachrnent to a card table or other support.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide an appliance of the aforementioned character which comprisesin a single article an ash tray or' receiver, a cigarette holder and a match holder. 7 I

Still another very important object of the invention is to provide an appliance'of the character described embodying a novel construction whereby the ash tray may be conveniently removed f'rom its attaching and supporting means for emptying. g g V Other objects of the invention are to provide a smokers appliance of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction,strong durable, highly eificient and reliable in use, compact, attractive in appearance and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification,

taken in connection with the accompanying draw ings wherein like characters of reference desig-.

nate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein: I

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a smokers appliance constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the same attached to a card table.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the device, showing the same mounted on another type of table.

Figure 4 is a view in vertical section through the device, taken substantially'on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail view in perspective of the ash tray and match holder.

Figure 6 is a detail view in perspective of the bracket.

Figure 7 is a detail view in front elevation of the clamp.

Figure 8 is a detail view in top plan of the clamp. 7

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustratedcomprises an angular bracket which is designated generally by the reference numeral I, said bracket including a vertical back plate 2 and a horizontally extending tray supporting plate 3. Projecting at right angles from the top of the back plate 2 are spacedfingers l-ior engagement with the top of a table or other support. Struck out from the lower portion of the back plate 2 in a manner to con-' 'stitute an extension of the tray 'supporting'plate 3 is an apertured guide 5, the purpose of which will be presently set forth.- The tray supporting plate 3-is formed to provide a pair of spaced, parallel arms 6. A portion of the material of'the plate 3 which'is struck out to form the spaced arms 6 is bent upwardly, as at 1, to provide, "in conjunction with said plate 3 and the, back plate 2, a cigarette holder; cigarettes may be placed in the holder thus provided or, if desired, loose cigarettesmay be placed portion a slot 8.

Slidably'mounted on-tlie backplateaz came;

be conveniently depressed against thetension of the spring ll. The reference numeral l3 designates notches in the forward portion of the clamp 51 which slidably receive the vertical marginal portions of the back plate 2 for mounting said clamp thereon.

The clamp 9 still further includes upstanding lugs M for engagement behind the usual apron !5 of a card table top l6, as best seen in Figure 1 of the drawings. Also rising from the clamp 9, at the rear thereof, is a flange ll which, together with the lugs M, is engageable beneath the top I8'of a table of thetype suggested in Figure'3 of the drawings. Of course, the device A. conventional p'ackage'of may be mounted on any other support for which: Q

In use, when the device is to be mounted on be provided on both lo therein. The member 6' has formed in its upper a card table, the clamp 8 is depressed against the tension of the spring H by engaging the thumbs on the portions l2. The lugs I4 are then engaged behind the depending apron l5 of the card table after which the fingers 4 are swung over the top of said table. The clamp 9 is then released and the spring II is thus permitted to function to cause said clamp 9 to co-act with the fingers 4 for firmly securing the device to the table. When the device is to be mounted on a table of the type shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, or on a substantially similar support,

the lugs l4 and the flange I1 engage beneath the top thereof, as is believed to be apparent. Of course, to remove the device it is only necessary to depress the clamp 9 suificiently against the tension of the coil spring H. As is also believed to be apparent, the tray I9 may be COR-r veniently removed for emptying by simply slipping said tray off the supporting plate 3 of the bracket I. An extension 23 rises from the back plate 2 of the bracket l for concealing the shank ID of the clamp 9 when the device is removed from the table.

It is believed that the many advantages of a smokers appliance constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described,

-it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:-

1; A smokers appliance of the class described comprising an angular bracket including a vertical back plate and a horizontal supporting plate,

a spring actuated clamp slidably mounted on the back plate for removably mounting the bracket on a support, and a removable ash tray slidably mounted on the supporting plate.

2. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising an angular bracket including a vertical plate and a horizontal plate, fingers on the upper end of the vertical plate engageable on a support, a removable ash tray slidably mounted on the horizontal plate, a tongue struck up from the horizontal plate and providing, in conjunction with said horizontal plate and vertical plate, a cigarette holder, and a spring actuated clamp slidably mounted on the vertical plate and engageable beneath the support.

3. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising an angular bracket including a vertical plate and a horizontal plate, a spring actuated clamp on the vertical plate engageable with a support, a tongue rising from the horizontal plate and providing, in conjunction with said horizontal plate and vertical plate, a cigarette holder, a removable ash tray slidably mounted on the horizontal plate, and a match holder depending from the ash tray.

4. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising an angular bracket including a vertical plate, a horizontal plate, and a rearwardly projecting apertured guide, fingers on the upper end of the vertical plate engageable on a support, a spring actuated clamp slidably mounted on the vertical plate and engageable beneath the support, a depending stem on the clamp slidably engaged in the guide, a removable ash tray slidably mounted on the horizontal plate, and a match holder depending from the ash tray.

HUGH T. KIRKLAND.

CHARLES H. SAPPER. HYMAN B. LASTING.

JOSEPH ELKIN. 

